2006/07 - 2007/08
| Place of Origin |
2006/07 |
2007/08 |
% Change |
|
|
|
|
| AFRICA |
35,802 |
35,654 |
-0.4 |
| Africa, Unspecified |
3 |
0 |
-100.0 |
|
|
|
|
| East Africa |
13,374 |
12,664 |
-5.3 |
| Burundi |
85 |
87 |
2.4 |
| Comoros |
39 |
42 |
7.7 |
| Djibouti |
14 |
5 |
-64.3 |
| Eritrea |
184 |
163 |
-11.4 |
| Ethiopia |
1,328 |
1,316 |
-0.9 |
| Kenya |
6,349 |
5,838 |
-8.0 |
| Madagascar |
136 |
130 |
-4.4 |
| Malawi |
321 |
297 |
-7.5 |
| Mauritius |
205 |
218 |
6.3 |
| Mozambique |
80 |
78 |
-2.5 |
| Reunion |
6 |
6 |
0.0 |
| Rwanda |
210 |
270 |
28.6 |
| Seychelles |
6 |
8 |
33.3 |
| Somalia |
78 |
37 |
-52.6 |
| Tanzania |
1,196 |
1,192 |
-0.3 |
| Uganda |
743 |
769 |
3.5 |
| Zambia |
876 |
787 |
-10.2 |
| Zimbabwe |
1,518 |
1,421 |
-6.4 |
|
|
|
|
| Central Africa |
3,257 |
3,405 |
4.5 |
| Angola |
442 |
503 |
13.8 |
| Cameroon |
1,799 |
1,891 |
5.1 |
| Central African Republic |
47 |
47 |
0.0 |
| Chad |
120 |
127 |
5.8 |
| Congo, Rep. of |
143 |
150 |
4.9 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. of |
271 |
282 |
4.1 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
196 |
98 |
-50.0 |
| Gabon |
230 |
303 |
31.7 |
| São Tomé & Príncipe |
9 |
4 |
-55.6 |
|
|
|
|
| North Africa |
3,700 |
3,858 |
4.3 |
| Algeria |
145 |
179 |
23.4 |
| Egypt |
1,664 |
1,766 |
6.1 |
| Libya |
93 |
155 |
66.7 |
| Morocco |
1,202 |
1,132 |
-5.8 |
| Sudan |
321 |
224 |
-30.2 |
| Tunisia |
274 |
402 |
46.7 |
| North Africa, Unspecified |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
|
|
|
|
| Southern Africa |
2,124 |
2,095 |
-1.4 |
| Botswana |
227 |
236 |
4.0 |
| Lesotho |
57 |
45 |
-21.1 |
| Namibia |
61 |
66 |
8.2 |
| South Africa |
1,665 |
1,620 |
-2.7 |
| Swaziland |
114 |
128 |
12.3 |
|
|
|
|
| West Africa |
13,344 |
13,632 |
2.2 |
| Benin |
253 |
319 |
26.1 |
| Burkina Faso |
423 |
514 |
21.5 |
| Cape Verde |
76 |
43 |
-43.4 |
| Côte d’Ivoire/Ivory Coast |
657 |
711 |
8.2 |
| Gambia |
372 |
330 |
-11.3 |
| Ghana |
2,961 |
2,895 |
-2.2 |
| Guinea |
181 |
167 |
-7.7 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
19 |
15 |
-21.1 |
| Liberia |
336 |
298 |
-11.3 |
| Mali |
455 |
435 |
-4.4 |
| Mauritania |
64 |
60 |
-6.3 |
| Niger |
258 |
289 |
12.0 |
| Nigeria |
5,943 |
6,222 |
4.7 |
| Senegal |
681 |
658 |
-3.4 |
| Sierra Leone |
299 |
230 |
-23.1 |
| St. Helena |
0 |
7 |
- |
| Togo |
366 |
439 |
19.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ASIA |
344,495 |
380,465 |
10.4 |
| Asia, Unspecified |
0 |
6 |
- |
|
|
|
|
| East Asia |
204,023 |
223,306 |
9.5 |
| China |
67,723 |
81,127 |
19.8 |
| Hong Kong |
7,722 |
8,286 |
7.3 |
| Japan |
35,282 |
33,974 |
-3.7 |
| North Korea |
266 |
65 |
-75.6 |
| South Korea |
62,392 |
69,124 |
10.8 |
| Macau |
388 |
421 |
8.5 |
| Mongolia |
1,156 |
1,308 |
13.1 |
| Taiwan |
29,094 |
29,001 |
-0.3 |
|
|
|
|
| South & Central Asia |
104,457 |
117,001 |
12.0 |
| Afghanistan |
268 |
338 |
26.1 |
| Bangladesh |
2,410 |
2,305 |
-4.4 |
| Bhutan |
83 |
96 |
15.7 |
| India |
83,833 |
94,563 |
12.8 |
| Kazakhstan |
1,212 |
1,456 |
20.1 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
209 |
264 |
26.3 |
| Maldives |
26 |
38 |
46.2 |
| Nepal |
7,754 |
8,936 |
15.2 |
| Pakistan |
5,401 |
5,345 |
-1.0 |
| Sri Lanka |
2,373 |
2,591 |
9.2 |
| Tajikistan |
164 |
364 |
122.0 |
| Turkmenistan |
143 |
166 |
16.1 |
| Uzbekistan |
581 |
539 |
-7.2 |
|
|
|
|
| Southeast Asia |
36,015 |
40,152 |
11.5 |
| Brunei |
24 |
34 |
41.7 |
| Cambodia |
329 |
369 |
12.2 |
| East Timor |
16 |
37 |
131.3 |
| Indonesia |
7,338 |
7,692 |
4.8 |
| Laos |
45 |
69 |
53.3 |
| Malaysia |
5,281 |
5,428 |
2.8 |
| Myanmar |
625 |
604 |
-3.4 |
| Philippines |
3,730 |
4,170 |
11.8 |
| Singapore |
3,705 |
3,976 |
7.3 |
| Thailand |
8,886 |
9,004 |
1.3 |
| Vietnam |
6,036 |
8,769 |
45.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| EUROPE |
82,731 |
83,981 |
1.5 |
| Albania |
841 |
689 |
-18.1 |
| Andorra |
3 |
9 |
200.0 |
| Armenia |
427 |
403 |
-5.6 |
| Austria |
843 |
886 |
5.1 |
| Azerbaijan |
286 |
318 |
11.2 |
| Belarus |
496 |
457 |
-7.9 |
| Belgium |
703 |
812 |
15.5 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina |
413 |
409 |
-1.0 |
| Bulgaria |
3,478 |
3,205 |
-7.8 |
| Croatia |
629 |
602 |
-4.3 |
| Cyprus |
877 |
782 |
-10.8 |
| Czech Republic |
914 |
922 |
0.9 |
| Denmark |
963 |
898 |
-6.7 |
| Estonia |
240 |
245 |
2.1 |
| Finland |
566 |
672 |
18.7 |
| France |
6,704 |
7,050 |
5.2 |
| Georgia |
353 |
378 |
7.1 |
| Germany |
8,656 |
8,907 |
2.9 |
| Gibraltar |
8 |
15 |
87.5 |
| Greece |
1,986 |
1,981 |
-0.3 |
| Hungary |
735 |
710 |
-3.4 |
| Iceland |
422 |
402 |
-4.7 |
| Ireland |
1,081 |
1,018 |
-5.8 |
| Italy |
3,342 |
3,535 |
5.8 |
| Kosovo |
56 |
50 |
-10.7 |
| Latvia |
430 |
363 |
-15.6 |
| Liechtenstein |
6 |
13 |
116.7 |
| Lithuania |
536 |
495 |
-7.6 |
| Luxembourg |
56 |
49 |
-12.5 |
| Macedonia |
345 |
311 |
-9.9 |
| Malta |
27 |
24 |
-11.1 |
| Moldova |
365 |
418 |
14.5 |
| Monaco |
21 |
28 |
33.3 |
| Montenegro |
58 |
107 |
84.5 |
| Netherlands |
1,587 |
1,680 |
5.9 |
| Norway |
1,191 |
1,264 |
6.1 |
| Poland |
2,810 |
2,731 |
-2.8 |
| Portugal |
854 |
902 |
5.6 |
| Romania |
3,134 |
2,902 |
-7.4 |
| Russia |
4,751 |
4,906 |
3.3 |
| San Marino |
2 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Serbia |
1,074 |
1,193 |
11.1 |
| Slovakia |
592 |
536 |
-9.5 |
| Slovenia |
199 |
210 |
5.5 |
| Spain |
3,575 |
3,660 |
2.4 |
| Sweden |
2,920 |
3,292 |
12.7 |
| Switzerland |
1,241 |
1,296 |
4.4 |
| Turkey |
11,506 |
12,030 |
4.6 |
| Ukraine |
1,692 |
1,714 |
1.3 |
| United Kingdom |
8,438 |
8,367 |
-0.8 |
| Vatican City/Holy See |
3 |
2 |
-33.3 |
| Yugoslavia, Former |
294 |
114 |
-61.2 |
| Europe, Unspecified |
2 |
19 |
850.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| LATIN AMERICA |
64,579 |
64,473 |
-0.2 |
| Latin America, Unspecified |
0 |
2 |
- |
|
|
|
|
| Caribbean |
13,854 |
12,739 |
-8.0 |
| Anguilla |
49 |
93 |
89.8 |
| Antigua & Barbuda |
203 |
174 |
-14.3 |
| Aruba |
90 |
68 |
-24.4 |
| Bahamas |
1,681 |
1,542 |
-8.3 |
| Barbados |
440 |
403 |
-8.4 |
| British Virgin Islands |
138 |
93 |
-32.6 |
| Cayman Islands |
210 |
161 |
-23.3 |
| Cuba |
99 |
82 |
-17.2 |
| Dominica |
327 |
228 |
-30.3 |
| Dominican Republic |
961 |
1,159 |
20.6 |
| Grenada |
297 |
238 |
-19.9 |
| Guadeloupe |
10 |
6 |
-40.0 |
| Haiti |
1,163 |
872 |
-25.0 |
| Jamaica |
4,110 |
3,871 |
-5.8 |
| Martinique |
8 |
5 |
-37.5 |
| Montserrat |
24 |
16 |
-33.3 |
| Netherlands Antilles |
190 |
233 |
22.6 |
| St. Kitts & Nevis |
271 |
239 |
-11.8 |
| St. Lucia |
331 |
319 |
-3.6 |
| St. Vincent & Grenadines |
139 |
126 |
-9.4 |
| Trinidad & Tobago |
2,912 |
2,640 |
-9.3 |
| Turks & Caicos Islands |
199 |
169 |
-15.1 |
| Caribbean, Unspecified |
2 |
2 |
0.0 |
|
|
|
|
| Central America & Mexico |
19,743 |
20,800 |
5.4 |
| Belize |
454 |
490 |
7.9 |
| Costa Rica |
939 |
927 |
-1.3 |
| El Salvador |
1,031 |
940 |
-8.8 |
| Guatemala |
1,014 |
1,019 |
0.5 |
| Honduras |
1,097 |
1,068 |
-2.6 |
| Mexico |
13,826 |
14,837 |
7.3 |
| Nicaragua |
409 |
389 |
-4.9 |
| Panama |
973 |
1,130 |
16.1 |
|
|
|
|
| South America |
30,982 |
30,932 |
-0.2 |
| Argentina |
2,813 |
2,535 |
-9.9 |
| Bolivia |
993 |
964 |
-2.9 |
| Brazil |
7,126 |
7,578 |
6.3 |
| Chile |
1,570 |
1,685 |
7.3 |
| Colombia |
6,750 |
6,662 |
-1.3 |
| Ecuador |
2,211 |
2,152 |
-2.7 |
| Falkland Islands |
33 |
7 |
-78.8 |
| French Guiana |
2 |
8 |
300.0 |
| Guyana |
343 |
300 |
-12.5 |
| Paraguay |
340 |
377 |
10.9 |
| Peru |
3,701 |
3,672 |
-0.8 |
| Suriname |
101 |
88 |
-12.9 |
| Uruguay |
476 |
458 |
-3.8 |
| Venezuela |
4,523 |
4,446 |
-1.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| MIDDLE EAST |
22,321 |
24,755 |
10.9 |
| Bahrain |
392 |
394 |
0.5 |
| Iran |
2,795 |
3,060 |
9.5 |
| Iraq |
262 |
307 |
17.2 |
| Israel |
3,269 |
3,004 |
-8.1 |
| Jordan |
1,726 |
1,799 |
4.2 |
| Kuwait |
1,633 |
1,823 |
11.6 |
| Lebanon |
1,852 |
1,807 |
-2.4 |
| Oman |
254 |
361 |
42.1 |
| Palestinian Territories |
361 |
249 |
-31.0 |
| Qatar |
296 |
345 |
16.6 |
| Saudi Arabia |
7,886 |
9,873 |
25.2 |
| Syria |
462 |
517 |
11.9 |
| United Arab Emirates |
885 |
983 |
11.1 |
| Yemen |
248 |
233 |
-6.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| NORTH AMERICA |
28,756 |
29,472 |
2.5 |
| Bermuda |
476 |
421 |
-11.6 |
| Canada |
28,280 |
29,051 |
2.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| OCEANIA |
4,300 |
5,005 |
16.4 |
| Australia |
2,797 |
3,088 |
10.4 |
| Cook Islands |
3 |
5 |
66.7 |
| Fiji |
112 |
177 |
58.0 |
| French Polynesia |
21 |
58 |
176.2 |
| Kiribati |
58 |
36 |
-37.9 |
| Marshall Islands |
54 |
85 |
57.4 |
| Micronesia |
231 |
140 |
-39.4 |
| Nauru |
5 |
3 |
-40.0 |
| New Caledonia |
5 |
9 |
80.0 |
| New Zealand |
870 |
1,021 |
17.4 |
| Niue |
5 |
3 |
-40.0 |
| Palau |
22 |
44 |
100.0 |
| Papua New Guinea |
27 |
35 |
29.6 |
| Samoa |
27 |
72 |
166.7 |
| Solomon Islands |
6 |
14 |
133.3 |
| Tonga |
47 |
201 |
327.7 |
| Tuvalu |
3 |
5 |
66.7 |
| Vanuatu |
5 |
5 |
0.0 |
| Wallis & Futuna |
2 |
3 |
50.0 |
| Pacific Islands, Unspecified |
0 |
1 |
- |
|
|
|
|
| WORLD TOTAL |
582,984 |
623,805 |
7.0 |
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Suggested citation: Institute of International Education. (2008). "All Places of Origin of International Students, 2006/07-2007/08." Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. Retrieved from http://www.iie.org/opendoors